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We are presented with a graph, $G$, on $n$ vertices with $m$ edges whose edge set is unknown. Our goal is to learn the edges of $G$ with as few queries to an oracle as possible. When we submit a set $S$ of vertices to the oracle, it tells…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-01 Asaf Ferber , Liam Hardiman

While recent work suggests that quantum computers can speed up the solution of semidefinite programs, little is known about the quantum complexity of more general convex optimization. We present a quantum algorithm that can optimize a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Shouvanik Chakrabarti , Andrew M. Childs , Tongyang Li , Xiaodi Wu

It is usually assumed that a quantum computation is performed by applying gates in a specific order. One can relax this assumption by allowing a control quantum system to switch the order in which the gates are applied. This provides a more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-11 Mateus Araújo , Fabio Costa , Časlav Brukner

Quantum computers are known for their potential to achieve up-to-exponential speedup compared to classical computers for certain problems. To exploit the advantages of quantum computers, we propose quantum algorithms for linear stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Shi Jin , Nana Liu , Wei Wei

We present a quantum algorithm for systems of (possibly inhomogeneous) linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. The algorithm produces a quantum state that is proportional to the solution at a desired final time.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Dominic W. Berry , Andrew M. Childs , Aaron Ostrander , Guoming Wang

We give a technique to reduce the error probability of quantum algorithms that determine whether its input has a specified property of interest. The standard process of reducing this error is statistical processing of the results of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Debajyoti Bera , Tharrmashastha P.

In order to assess potential advantages of quantum algorithms that require quantum oracles as subroutines, the careful evaluation of the overall complexity of the oracles themselves is crucial. This study examines the quantum routines…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 Sven Danz , Tobias Stollenwerk , Alessandro Ciani

First-order methods for minimization and saddle point (min-max) problems are widely used for solving large-scale problems, in particular arising in machine learning. The majority of works obtain favorable complexity guarantees of such…

With the rapid development of quantum computers, quantum algorithms have been studied extensively. However, quantum algorithms tackling statistical problems are still lacking. In this paper, we propose a novel non-oracular quantum adaptive…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-07-20 Wenxuan Zhong , Yuan Ke , Ye Wang , Yongkai Chen , Jinyang Chen , Ping Ma

We present substantially generalized and improved quantum algorithms over prior work for inhomogeneous linear and nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODE). Specifically, we show how the norm of the matrix exponential characterizes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Hari Krovi

We present two quantum algorithms based on evolution randomization, a simple variant of adiabatic quantum computing, to prepare a quantum state $\vert x \rangle$ that is proportional to the solution of the system of linear equations $A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Yigit Subasi , Rolando D. Somma , Davide Orsucci

Quantum natural gradient has emerged as a superior minimisation technique in quantum variational algorithms. Classically simulating the algorithm running on near-future quantum hardware is paramount in its study, as it is for all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-06 Tyson Jones

A crucial subroutine in quantum computing is to load the classical data of $N$ complex numbers into the amplitude of a superposed $n=\lceil \log_2N\rceil$-qubit state. It has been proven that any algorithm universally implementing this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-13 Xiao-Ming Zhang , Man-Hong Yung , Xiao Yuan

Given the success of deep learning in classical machine learning, quantum algorithms for traditional neural network architectures may provide one of the most promising settings for quantum machine learning. Considering a fully-connected…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Alexander Zlokapa , Hartmut Neven , Seth Lloyd

We propose an algebraic formulation for two distinct quantum algorithms: a quantum classification algorithm and a quantum search algorithm with a non-uniform initial distribution, both based on Clifford algebras and spinorial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Lauro Mascarenhas , Vinicius N. A. Lula-Rocha , Marco A. S. Trindade

Quantum simulation is a prominent application of quantum computers. While there is extensive previous work on simulating finite-dimensional systems, less is known about quantum algorithms for real-space dynamics. We conduct a systematic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Andrew M. Childs , Jiaqi Leng , Tongyang Li , Jin-Peng Liu , Chenyi Zhang

Quantum computation, in particular Grover's algorithm, has aroused a great deal of interest since it allows for a quadratic speedup to be obtained in search procedures. Classical search procedures for an $N$ element database require at most…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-09 Luís Tarrataca , Andreas Wichert

Identifying computational tasks suitable for (future) quantum computers is an active field of research. Here we explore utilizing quantum computers for the purpose of solving differential equations. We consider two approaches: (i) basis…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Benjamin Zanger , Christian B. Mendl , Martin Schulz , Martin Schreiber

We study the first-order convex optimization problem, where we have black-box access to a (not necessarily smooth) function $f:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ and its (sub)gradient. Our goal is to find an $\epsilon$-approximate minimum of $f$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Ankit Garg , Robin Kothari , Praneeth Netrapalli , Suhail Sherif

We develop a quantum algorithm to solve combinatorial optimization problems through quantum simulation of a classical annealing process. Our algorithm combines techniques from quantum walks, quantum phase estimation, and quantum Zeno…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-12-07 R. Somma , S. Boixo , H. Barnum